Rail anchor



Feb. 3, 1948. HEUER 2,435,352

RAIL ANCHOR Filed Oct. 6, 1945 5-3 TJE-Z 2 3 z II 9 3 r 8 1/////////// m10' n 4 s 6 INVENTOR JOHN P. HUER BY Aw ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 3, 1948UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAIL ANCHOR John P. Heuer, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application October 6, 1945, Serial No. 620,687

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a rail holder for a railroad rail, andimportant objects and advantages thereof are to provide a device of thecharacter described, which will secure the rail against longitudinalmovement on the ties, which will increase its holding action as forcestending such longitudinal creeping movement increase, which may bereadily installed to or removed from a rail, which comprises on7y twoparts, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, durable andeflicient in its use, compact, and comparatively economical tomanufacture and install.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts herein specifically described andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood thatchanges in the form, proportions and details of construction may beresorted to that come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a rail holder assembled in place on arail. Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof. Figure 3 is asectional view on line 3-3, Figure 1. Figure 4 is a top plan view of theclamping members in the assembled positions. Figure 5 is a perspectiveview of one of the clamping members, and Figure 6 is a bottom plan viewof a modified form of clamping member, embodying the present invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing I denotes the entire railroad rail,which is of the conventional construction and comprises the head 2, theweb 3, and the base 4. The rail is secured to the tie 5 and tie plate 6,by means of spikes I, in the usual manner well known in the art to whichthe invention appertains.

The improved rail holder comprises a pair of identical clamping members,respectively indicated at 8 and 9. Each of the clamping members consistsof an oblong, flat, rectangularlyshaped supporting plate ID, the outerside edge margin of which is formed to provide an upwardly disposed,hook-shaped clamping jaw II extending along the entire length thereof. Asecuring flange I2 of similar length is formed integral with the innerside edge of each of the clamping members, and depends at an angle ofapproximately forty-five degrees with respect to the horizontaldisposition of the supporting plate.

Each of the clamping members 8 and 9 is provided with an elongated,longitudinally extending connecting slot I3, which is disposed at thejuncture of the supporting plate I0 with the associated securing flangeI2. The slot is of a length approximating one-half the length of theclamping member and has an open end. The inner side wall I4 of the slot,disposed toward the securing flange, extends at a slight angle reatively to the straight outer side wall I5 of the slot, whereby saidslot gradually decreases in width from its open end towards its closedend, as clearly illustrated in Figure 5.

In assembling the improved rail holder on the rail I, the pair ofclamping members 8 and 9 are arranged in opposed relation to each otherbeneath the rail base 4, whereby the open end of the slot I3 in theclamping member 8 will be opposed and adjacent to the open end of thesiot in the other clamping member 9. The clamping jaw II of the clampingmember 8 is positioned to engage and overlap one side edge margin of therail base 4, and the clamping jaw of the clamping member 9 is placed toengage and overlap the other side edge margin of the rail base, asclearly shown in Figure 1.

The clamping member 8 is positioned in ad- Vance of the clamping member9, and the forward end of the former abuts against the tie plate 6. Theclamping member 9 is advanced in the forward direction until the slot I3thereof engages the clamping member 8 along the line of juncture of thesupporting plate It] with the associated flange I2. Converseiy, but inlike manner, the slot I3 in the clamping member 8 will engage theclamping member 9, as clearly shown in Figure 4.

Such inter-locking engagement of the clamping members 8 and 9 iseffected by forcibly driving the clamping member 9 into its engagementwith the advanced clamping member 8. Due to the angular disposition ofthe slot walls I4, the forcible inter-locking engagement of the clampingmembers, as stated, will draw the latter toward each other in thetransverse direction, whereby the clamping jaws I I will be securelyclamped against the respective side edges of the rail base 4.-

As shown in Figure 6, the connecting slot I3 may be provided with atoothed angular wall I6, and the under surface of the juncture of theplate I5] and flange I2 may be roughened, as indicated at I]. By suchconstruction the interlocking engagement of the clamping members mayobviously be greatly increased.

The improved rail holder is assembled on the rail I to dispose theforward abutting end of the 3 clamping member 8 in the direction of therail trafiic. It will be apparent that the force of trafiic travel,tending to shift the rail I longitudinally, will be imparted to theclamping members to force the latter into further inter-locking 5engagement, thereby increasing the gripping or clamping action of thejaws II on the rail base 4 to securely hold the rail againstlongitudinal creeping movement on the ties. Any necessa y number ofrailholders may beiinstalledion each 10 length ofiail; and said holdersb installed;

-in positions" to function on rails employed for trafiic in one or bothdirections.

What I claim is:

The combination with a railroad track rail,

of a pair of similar clamping membersarran gd; in opposed relation toeach other, each of said members comprising a flat'oblongil'iorizontallyidisposed supporting plate positioned under thebase of the rail, each of said plates carryin a 20 plate with saidflange, said slot having an angularly disposed wall at the flange sidethereof decreasing the width of said siot from the outer end toward theinner end thereof, said angularly disposed wall being provided withteeth, said juncture having the underside thereof roughened opposite theslotted end thereof, said juncture of one of said pair of members beingengageable in the slot of the other of said pair of members to causetheitoqthed 133111101 :the; s-lotof,- one of aidi ir q 'membe tm h aeaandiar nit d roughened juncture of the other of said pair of membersfor securely interlocking said pair of members together on the base ofthe rail.

JOHN P. HEUER.

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